It has been a hot summer in New York, in more ways than one. On Broadway, 24 shows continue to draw large crowds, with several musicals and plays reaching near-capacity […]
(Title of Show) is a based-on-real-life meta-comedy cataloging the painful and often random creative process. Written by Jeff Bowen and Hunter Bell in just three weeks, the musical tells the […]
The Kendall College Dining Room may not be a Michelin-starred restaurant but the quality of its food and service definitely deserves some stars. The Dining Room is a living classroom […]
And that’s a wrap on August! The kids are back in school but it’s Labor Day weekend, so we have an extra day to relax and enjoy the events that […]
When Evanston’s Space Presents is putting on a show, you need to listen. Whether it’s the amazing ambiance of Space, or their diverse offerings at Out of Space and Winnetka […]
“Who cares if a bunch of faggots die?” Larry Kramer did. And, more than 40 years ago, that’s what caused him to write that caustic question in his remarkable play […]
I once attended a church that used the Harry Potter stories as a means of telling the hero’s journey in spiritual terms. The minister once came out dressed as a […]
Review by Annie Keller. As much as I hate to admit it, I sometimes catch myself longing to live in Chicago during the ’90s indie rock boom—all analog technology and […]
A raucous night of theater just as the bard intended awaits audiences of the Olde School Shakespeare Collective’s production of The Taming of the Shrew. Hosted at My Buddy’s bar, […]
Much like Terence Malick’s return to feature filmmaking after a 28-year hiatus with 1998’s The Thin Red Line, the return of celebrated Spanish filmmaker Víctor Erice to our big screens […]
When we first meet small town cop Terry (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), he’s telling a joke so tasteless and ill-advised for the workplace that we know exactly who this guy is and […]
For reasons that don’t quite make sense even to me, the prospect of actor Zoë Kravitz directing/co-writing a film (with E.T. Feigenbaum) has filled me with excitement since I heard […]
